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I'nât 7:00 A.M. Temp 30 °F. Baro. S 25.85 Calm, clear. Froze hard in night.
Left I'nât 9:03 goin W. Umm Ḳoṣêr 9:40, small ruin way G. slightly rolling so that one place is not visable? from other. plowed fields - Left Umm Ḳoṣêr 10:02 way G.L.S. plowed fields going S 11 ° 15 ' W. arrived Ḳara'ah 10:18 small ruined village not inhabited. In cent. of town covered cistern cut out of rock, cut-stone arches (2) supporting stone roof (Houran style) plastered inside Left Ḳara'ah 11:13 going W. way G.S. gradual ascent, plowed fields for 1st. 30 min. then same kind of land but more rocks & steeper arrived B'ât 12:00 R. Village on top of hill commanding fine view. From this place W. country descends gradually to plain Left B'ât 1:40 going W. descending arrived Mughaiyir, a small uninteresting Druse village 2:17 did not stop. Arrived Umm il-Ḳuṭṭên 3:17
way G.S. G.M.
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Umm il-Ḳuṭṭên 7:00 A.M. Temp 36 °F Calm, Hoar Fost. Baro. S. 26.375
F.A.N. left camp. 7:10 & went back to B'ât & took sights. #3 Breeze W. showers, & rainbow at 11:30 in (of course) North
Left B'ât 12:15 after lunching in a cave, protected from wind & rain.
Arrived Mughaiyir 1:15 went W. arriving 1:45 a ruin of one large building, most of stones of which have been taken away by the Druse. Found 3 Beduin tents there, one tent occupied by full-blooded nigro? They came up to within some 20 ft. of me while I was bathing my feet in a pool & then squatted down in a row an watched me. I asked them what they were doing there - if they were attending flocks & they answered saying they were doing nothing and had no flocks or anything else except God.
Left at 2:25 & had a fine run with my horse over a rolling country with just enough blades of thin grass springing up to make it slightly green. Arrived Umm il-Ḳuṭṭên 3:08
Way. G.S. & rolling?. G. on foot.
L. & B. at Umm il-Ḳuṭṭên
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[photograph, set in an oval mat opening, of a woman in a lace dress sitting on a chair]
My Mother, Sarah H. Norris (Mrs. Henry D. Norris) #15 West 74th St., New York. U.S. America
